Competition of encephalomyocarditis virus, reovirus, and L-cell mRNAs for a message-discriminatory component was studied in vitro. The data were analyzed qualitatively to determine the relative initiation efficiencies among the various mRNAs. The effects of potassium chloride concentration, magnesium acetate concentration, and m7G methylation on mRNA competition in vitro were also studied. Thes...

The salt of milk constitutes a small part of milk (8-9 g.L(-1)); this fraction contains calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium for the main cations and inorganic phosphate, citrate and chloride for the main anions. In milk, these ions are more or less associated between themselves and with proteins. Depending on the type of ion, they are diffusible (cases of sodium, potassium and chloride) or...

Traumatic brain injury results in a profound decline in intracellular magnesium ion levels that may jeopardize critical cellular functions. We examined the consequences of preinjury magnesium deficiency and post-traumatic magnesium treatment on injury-induced cytoskeletal damage and cell death at 24 h after injury. Adult male rats were fed either a normal (n = 24) or magnesium-deficient diet (n...

BACKGROUND High salt intake is linked to hypertension whereas a restriction of dietary salt lowers blood pressure (BP). Substituting potassium and/or magnesium salts for sodium chloride (NaCl) may enhance the feasibility of salt restriction and lower blood pressure beyond the sodium reduction alone. The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility and effect on blood pressure of replacing...

The bioaccumulation of alkali and alkaline earth metals such as Na, K, Ca and Mg were studied in the fry of rohu, Labeo rohita (Ham.), a species of freshwater aquaculture importance in India. The experiments were conducted in laboratory conditions exposing the rohu eggs up to fry stage in one experiment; and fry to advanced fry stage in other experiment, to different concentrations of the salts...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether oral magnesium supplementation (as magnesium chloride [MgCl(2)] solution) improves both insulin sensitivity and metabolic control in type 2 diabetic subjects with decreased serum magnesium levels. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This study was a clinical randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial. A total of 63 subjects with type 2 diabetes and decreased serum...

Magnesium is one of the most abundant cations in the human body and plays a key role as a metabolic enzyme cofactor and regulatory ion for neurons and cardiomyocytes. Hypomagnesemia due to isolated primary renal magnesium wasting is a rare clinical condition typically associated with neurological hyperexcitability. Exercise-related gastrointestinal symptoms are caused by ischemic, mechanical, o...